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Lesson Plan: The Health Care Crisis in the US

This resource was originally posted on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 12:32pm
Lesson Title: The Health Care Crisis in the US
Course: Political Science 1, 2; Sociology 2; Labor Studies 4, 104, 107

 

Expected Learning Objectives: Students will be able to:
1. Compare and contrast different modern industrialized countries’ approaches to health care coverage
2. Review current state of health care for the uninsured in the US
3. Assess the different proposals to reform health care in the US
4. Evaluate the arguments supporting and opposing a stronger role for federal government within the context of the health care reform debate

 

Key Concepts: Health care reform, the uninsured, socialized medicine vs. single-payer vs. corporate insurance healthcare, federalism or the role of US federal government

 


Video: Why International Solidarity Matters at UTLA Part 2

This resource was originally posted on Thu, 10/29/2009 - 4:45pm

Speakers:

Bill Fletcher Jr., labor activist, editor of "The Black Commentator," Senior Scholar with the Policy Institute Forum

David Bacon, writer and photojournalist of labor, immigration and international trade

If you have Quicktime installed, click on the movie to have it stream.  Otherwise right click to download.


Video: Why International Solidarity Matters at UTLA Part 1

This resource was originally posted on Thu, 10/29/2009 - 10:28am

Speakers:

Bill Fletcher Jr., labor activist, editor of "The Black Commentator," Senior Scholar with the Policy Institute Forum

David Bacon, writer and photojournalist of labor, immigration and international trade

If you have Quicktime installed, click on the movie to have it stream.  Otherwise right click to download.


Who Rides the Metro Movie

This resource was originally posted on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 6:45pm

You can view this video at: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5051100560477711781#

This movie was created by two former DHLI interns as part of their final project.  It presents stories of the working people who ride the Los Angeles Metro.


Presentation and Notes for Equal Pay Act

This resource was originally posted on Mon, 09/28/2009 - 4:44pm
Download presentation and notes for instructional use.

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